Hi there When I became a demo back in September last year I received an additional free stamp – You Are Loved. I have used it so much and was glad when it came out in the Summer Mini. Sometimes I find the quotes in sets just aren’t ones that I would use and it… Read More: You Are Loved »
Hi there As promised here is my take on the colour challenge from SFF – Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Wisteria Wonder. The gift box is a creation from one of my favourite overseas crafters Dawn Griffiths – check out her video. I made two of each colour scheme using DSP from the Patterned DSP Stacks.… Read More: Stampin Fun & Friends – Colour Challenge »
Hi there This is the project that I created for the current session of Stampin Fun & Friends. The theme is Spring so I created a Garden Tote but you could use it for anything. I love the brightness of this DSP which is available till 31 March. To secure the ribbon handle I attached… Read More: Sweet Spring Project – Stampin Fun & Friends »
Hi there The other day I received a lovely email from Sharna Russell which contained the below award for me – thanks Sharna. Sharna has just hit 5000 blog views 🙂 Here is the award: The rules for this award * Thank the person who gave you this award * paste the award to your blog… Read More: Blog Award »
Hi there The weather here in Auckland can not make up it’s mind what season it should be. It’s meant to be summer but was raining AGAIN this morning. So what else can a girl do but make a card 🙂 Today’s card is for a very good family friend who is celebrating his birthday… Read More: Freshly Made Sketches – #21 »
Hi there This card combines two challenges from Stamping 411 – the sketch is from the weekly challenge and the colour combo is from the monthly challenge. Rather than use DSP for the background I randomly stamped the images from one of my favourite sets. This is a great set for guys and has so many uses.Supplies:Stamp… Read More: Stamping 411 »
Hi there Try Stampin on Tuesday has just turned one! Congratulations to CherylAnn and the amazing team of designers who have given us great sketches for the past year. In addition to this weeks sketch the challenge is to include a birthday theme. This worked well as I needed a masculine birthday card for tomorrow.… Read More: Try Stampin on Tuesday #52 – Happy Birthday »
Hi there Thought I’d do a quick post while eating my lunch. Sweet Spring has started over at Stampin Fun & Friends. We’ve had six great projects so far plus an Inspirational Challenge. I managed to recreate 3 of them over the weekend. The first is a gift box and card created by Amy Fleming.… Read More: Sweet Spring – Stampin Fun & Friends »
Hi Only one more wedding anniversary card to make then I can have a break till the end of March 🙂 When I saw the sketch over at Try Stampin on Tuesday I knew exactly what I would do – love that. It came together so quickly with the help of the colour comb from Color Throwdown. It… Read More: Wedding Anniversary Card #7 »
Hi there I’m almost there with making all my wedding anniversary cards 🙂 February is obviously the month to get married. This weeks sketch from Freshly Made Sketches was to create a ‘long’ card. This was perfect as a few years ago I bought some long envelopes and have never used them. I combined it with… Read More: Wedding Card #6 – Freshly Made Sketches & ColourQ »
Hi there This weeks challenge at JAI is to just use Red & White. Man did I find this hard! I don’t know how many combo’s I tried before settling on the below. I teamed it up with the square layout from Mojo Monday. I’m really pleased with this card. This stamp is great for anniversary cards &… Read More: Wedding Card #5 »
Hi there Just a quick post tonight – I need to get this loaded before the challenge closes! I love this layout and have combined it with a colour challenge from Create with Connie and Mary. Here is the layout: and this is what I have created using two Sale-A-Bration products. Supplies: Stamps – Loads of… Read More: Wedding Card #4 – Stamping411 – SSC 240 »
Hi there This week at Just Add Ink the challenge was to Just Add Kathy Tanner. I had never seen Kathy’s blog so my first task was to check it out – Kathy’s blog is now on my list :). After checking through her posts for 2011, I had a list of favourites then I had to narrow… Read More: JAI #102 – Just case Kathy Tanner »
Hi there Well I’ve had a very productive day in my craft space – finished my final tutorial for the next session of Stampin Fun & Friends which starts 1st Feb plus made 4 cards and about to start my 5th! For card #3 I’ve used the layout from a new found challenge site Freshly Made… Read More: Wedding Card #3 – FMS19 »
Hi there Well it’s a beautiful day here in Auckland – and we get the day off work! Today is Auckland Anniversary Day where we celebrate the founding of our province back in 1840. Each year to commemorate the day there is a big sailing regatta (one of the world’s single biggest one day sailing… Read More: Wedding Anniversary card #2 »